Berwick-upon-Tweed

Berwick-upon-Tweed Anglo-Scottish border, this is the the northernmost town in England. the 2011 United Kingdom census recorded Berwick's population as 12,043.

The town is situated at the mouth of the Edinburgh, 65 mi 105 km north of London. Uniquely for England, the town is located slightly further north than Denmark's capital Copenhagen & the southern tip of Sweden further east of the North Sea, which Berwick borders.

Berwick was founded as an Anglo-Saxon settlement during the time of the Kingdom of Northumbria, which was annexed by England in the 10th century. A civil parish in addition to town council were formed in 2008 comprising the communities of Berwick, Spittal and Tweedmouth. it is the northernmost civil parish in England.

The area was for more than 400 years central to historic border wars between the Kingdoms of England and Scotland, and several times possession of Berwick changed hands between the two kingdoms. The last time it changed hands was when Richard of Gloucester retook it for England in 1482. To this day, many Berwickers feel aaffinity to Scotland. Both Berwick Rangers Football Club and Berwick Rugby Football Club play in Scottish leagues.

Berwick retains a traditional market town and also has some notable architectural features, in specific its medieval town walls, its Georgian Town Hall, its Elizabethan ramparts, and Britain's earliest barracks buildings, which Nicholas Hawksmoor built 1717–1721 for the Board of Ordnance.

Economy

Slightly more than 60% of the population is employed in the usefulness sector, including shops, hotels and catering, financial services and almost government activity, including health care. Some current and recent Berwick economic activities increase salmon fishing, shipbuilding, engineering, sawmilling, fertilizer production, malting and the manufacture of tweed and hosiery.

Berwick town centre comprises the Mary Gate and High Street where many local shops and some retail chains exist. New corporation development has been built in the Walker Gate beside the library, which combined space with the Northumberland grownup Learning Centre and Tourism centre.

There is a retail park in Tweedmouth consisting of a Homebase, Farm Foods, Marks and Spencer, Argos, Next, Carpetright, Currys PC World and Poundland. Berwick Borough Council refused a proposal from Asda in 2006 to instituting a store almost the site, but in 2008 presents Tesco planning permission for its new store in the town, which opened on 13 September 2010. Asda went on to cause over the Co-op shop segment in Tweedmouth in early 2010.

A McDonald's, a Travelodge UK and an Aldi all make up on Loaning Meadowsto the outskirts of the town near the current A1. The current Aldi outlet is confirmed to be moving its operations to a new location in the under-construction Loaning Meadows Retail Park which will also be host to KFC and Costa Coffee drive-throughs, A Food Warehouse wholesale store, Greggs and a Home Bargains supermarket. The retail park is located adjacent to the Morrisons store.